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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT MANAGED CARE EXAM
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Question 1: requires little financial commitment
Answer:
Alliances
Question 2: Types of integration
Answer:
Integration based on major participants Integration based on ownership or affiliation Integration based on service consolidation
Question 3: As managed care grew, what occurred
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competition among MCOs gave rise to new forms of managed care plans
Question 4: Acquisition
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purchase on one organization by another
Question 5: 3 types of utilization review
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Prospective utilization review concurrent utilization review retrospective utilization review
Question 6: Types of MCOs
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HMOs PPOs Point-of-Service Plans (POS)
Question 7: What are commonly in the form of managed care plans
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HDHPs
Question 8: What is a major selling point for POS plans
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Free choice of providers Question 9: Integrating physicians into large organizations: Easy or challenging?
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challenging
Question 10: Main objectives of prospective utilization review
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to prevent unnecessary or inappropriate institutionalization or txs such as surgery
Question 11: Utilization review
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process of evaluating the appropriateness of services provided
Question 12: PHO is what
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alliance b/t physicians and hospitals--together they have greater bargaining power w/ MCOs
Question 13: Accountable care organizations are authorized under what
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ACA of 2010
Question 14: Point-of-Service plans (POS) combine what features
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HMOs w/ patient choice found in PPOs
Question 15: integrated system was formed in response to what
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growing power of managed care-- became a rational choice for the survival of small providers Question 16: Which HMO model has been the most successful in terms of enrollment
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Independent Practice Association (IPA) model
Question 17: Gatekeeping emphasizes what
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preventive care, routine physical exams, and other primary services
Question 18: In the U.S. primary responsibility for cost containment falls on?
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the private sector
Question 19: what has experienced unprecedented success
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managed care
Question 20: Utilization control methods in managed care
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Gateskeeping Utilization Review--prospective utilization, concurrent utilization, retrospective utilization reviews
Question 21: The CMS rates Medicare Advantage (part
- on what?
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1 to 5 star scale using indicators such as:
-quality of care -access -responsiveness -beneficiary satisfaction
Question 22: Integration based on ownership or affiliation
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Acquisitions and mergers joint ventures alliances virtual organizations
Question 23: Focus on illness rather than wellness
Answer:
Lucrative for physicians to hospitalize pts
Question 24: Most common example of concurrent utilization review
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monitoring the length of inpatient stays Question 25: Which HMO model exercises greater control over practice patterns and can better monitor utilization
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Staff Model Question 26: HMOs: Group model contracts w/ what
Answer:
w/ a multispecialty group practice and separately w/ one or more hospitals, to provide comprehensive services to its members